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US 6,145,514 AGranted
Interactive mascara brush 2
OwnerMary A. Clayinventor
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Abstract
An interactive mascara applicator (10) comprising: a handle end portion (40); an opposite bristle/brush end portion (80); and a rotating disc (50) positioned about the handle end portion (40) which when moved causes the bristles to change positions with respect to the applicator (10), so that one may hold the handle end portion (40) and move the disc (50) with a single hand to apply mascara.
Claims22
A mascara applicator having a handle portion at one end and an opposite bristle portion at the other end having bristles, wherein the improvement comprises:
- A rotational body having a rotating sphere which is rotatably mounted about the handle portion;
- said handle portion comprising a housing and a rod located within the housing and connecting the handle portion to said bristle portion, said housing having a window opening to the inside of handle portion, a sphere located on said rod and ending from said rod into said window, whereby a user can hold the handle using one hand so that when the sphere is rotated by a user's finger through the window, the rod is rotated which rotates the bristles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.